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UNITED STATES ABRAHAM ASHKENAS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REMOVABLE PANEL AND INTEBCH ANGING MEANS.

Application filed January 12, 1927.

The subject matter of the present invention relates to decorative paneling, susceptible of removal, and to interchangeable means for supporting the same in position.

The use and employment of the invention covers a large lieldof activities wherein beautiful. and ornate effects are to be cured in connection with partition work, wainscoting and window dressing, and further changes in scenery in conjunction with theatrical stage decorations are readily achieved with surprising promptitude by the use of my invention.

In a commercial sense the use of partitioning has been adopted solely on grounds of utility and since a touch of the aesthetic may, in the main, be out of place, yet my invention is applicable to private otfices, or the .like, wherein artistic and novel works of art, and replicas of tapestry are copied for the desired effects.

As will appear hereinafter the arduous labors of window-dressing may be appreciably reduced by the simple expedient of subsituating panels of varying designs for other decorative wainscoting or the like, and thus the usual entire change of display is obviatcd.

.Another unique feature of the invention is its adaptability to existing partitioning work, which usually comprises essentially certain spaced column work bridged by filler pieces and further decorated or finished by moulding of various forms. In applying my invention to this type of structure it is only necessary to leave a suitable opening, rectangular, square, oval or otherwise, in said. filler pieces, between said columns for the introduction of my invention, and since said opening comprises practically the entire space between said column, it is obvious that change in the design of the several panels creates an entire different effect with the attending illusion that the entire structure is new.

While the disclosure thus far divulged would appear to create the impression that only one side of the partitioning, or other construction, is changed by the use of my interchangeable panels, it should be borne in mind that such limitationis not contemplated as I have provided new and novel means for double-panneling the opening whereby each side may be similar or with different decorative effects according to the individual Serial No. 160,638.

tastes of the interior decorator and the subject-matter of the display. This feature alone goes far beyond the present-day windowdressing paneling work, wherein substantially only one side is exposed exteriorly of the window.

lVith further detailed reference to the invention it may be pointed out that I have provided a carryinganember, in the form of a frame, especially adapted to fill the opening in the wallsfof partitioning, or the like, said frame or carrying-member being i of varying designs for blending with the panel to be attached thereto.

In the furtherance of my invention there is also PIO'VltlMl means for ancl'ioring said car1yingonenaber: or frame within said opening, said means cooperating with certain keeper elements carried by the partitioning, or the like, for assuring a snug fit of said frame within said opening.

A still further feature is the provision of means, carried by said frame, for holding the selected panel or panels in position.

As will presently appear, it may be desir able to introduce a grille or cathedral effect in the paneling, and to this end I have provided means in the form of a supportfor carrying draperies or other textile material within the frame.

Still another object of the invention resides in the provision of a carryinganember, or frame, adapted to support a pair of panels, that is, a front and rear panel, said arrangement being so disposed that increased thickness of the supporting pieces is obviated.

With. these objects in view, together with others which. will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel formation, combination, and arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of'the commonly accepted idea of partitioning, further featured by my invention, the carryinganembers positioned between the columns varying slightly in design.

Fig. 2 illustrates an elevation of one of the filler pieces, between the columns in Fig. 1, the carrying-member and its panel being removed to expose the interior of the opening carrying the frame and panel at the opposite side, certain means for supporting both frame and panel being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of one of the carrying-members detached from the filler piece, said filler piece being the one depicted in the center tiller piece of Fig. 1, but reversed to show the inside face thereof.

Fig. at is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 4 lof Fig. 2, to illustrate the frame supporting means.

Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view taken on the-irregular sectional line 55 of Fig. 2, first to illustrate the drapery supporting means and second the means for securing said panels to the frames.

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, minus the panels, in further illustration of the frame supporting means and the means for attaching the panels to said frame.

Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive present somewhat diagrammatic plan views of several forms of window partitioning or decorative effects comprising the several columns and tiller pieces contiguous thereto, said pieces each carrying one or more of my carrying-frames or members and its companion panel or panels. 1

Before presenting the invention in detailed descriptive form, it is thought advisable to briefly sketch some of the essential features thereof, a thorough understand ing thereof being necessary for a full and clearcomprehension of my improvement.

As previously pointed out, the use and adaptability of the invention being so overwhelming wide, it has been deemed expedient to illustrate a few of said applications, and without restricting the invention in any sense its particular conformance to the wellknown type of partitioning illustrated in Fig. 1, will now be described.

Said partitioning, as shown in Fig. 1, appears familiar to those skilled in this art and unless the features thereof, with special reference to the paneling, is understood or known to the observer, the same would be thought to be integral throughout. How ever, the difference in details of construction are quite different, since I provide a suitable size opening in the tiller pieces between the columns and mount within this opening a frame carrying a removable panel. This briefly is the salient feature of the invention.

In applying my invention to said partition 10, a suitable opening is made in each of said filler pieces 19, 13 and 1f for the accommodation of the several aurymgmembers or frames and their panels. 111 Fig. 2 of the drawings, and as a matter of fact throughout the remaining views I have shown but a portion of the tiller pieces, having thus treated a single portion in order to disclose the idea. in said Fig. l, the numeral 13 designates the tiller piece having cut therein the opening 17, as aforesaid, for the reception of a carrying-member or frame 18 having its outer margin rabbeted. as atflt) to engage said opening, ('see Figs. at to (i inclusive ls The inner margin of said frame 19 is also rabbeted, as indicated at 2H for the reception of a panel 21. as clearly disclosed in the above figures. The above covers the description of the several cooperating parts, while the several means for securing the same in removable assembled re lationship will now be described.

Attention is now directed to my novel and unique means for mounting and securing the frames 18 to the several tiller pieces, said means embodying the essential features of snugly fitting the parts together to simulate a permanent structure combined with antirattling or loosening features. To this end I position a plurality of keepers 22 to the inside periphery of the frames, said keepers preferably being substantially U-shaped (see Fig. 4), the leg portions 223 and Q1 of each keeper being engaged by the hooked members 25 carried by said frames 18.

\Vhcn inserting said frames into the openings 17 the former are elevated slightly above the latter and in order that a slight downward slide thereof may be accomplished, I make the distance between the top and bottom rabbet 19 slightly smaller than the height of said openings 17, thus permitting actual insertion of the frame in the opening to position the hooked members 25 slightly above. or at least even with the top edges of the keepers 2'2, the frame is now dropped bodily in a downward direction whereupon the members m'igage the respective legs of the keepers 22. The snug and anti-rattling relationship of the frames and filler pieces is effected by designing said hooked members 25 to produce a cammed insertible point 26, (see Fig. (3) arranged in the lateral portion 27, said cammed point terminating at 9.8 to form a rest, if necessary. for the top edges of the legs 23 and 2 t of said keepers 22. The action thereof is quite obvious.

The several panels 21, of interchangeable design effect caused by the various arrangement, artistic and otherwise, and removablv mounted within the *abbet 20 of said frames 18, as clearly shown in the drawings. The means for securing the same to said frames 18, comprises a pivoted member 20 arranged ii t] at suitable points on the frames, the same ardinarily assuming the position, shown in Fig. 3 and after the insertion of the panels Within the rabbet 20, they are rotated to the position shown in Fig. 2 and thus the panels are securely locked in position.

It should now be apparent that the design or surface configuration of said panels 21 may be numberless. The drawings in Fig. 2 shows one of these panels as presenting a grille-effect. For this particular arrangement I propose to use a drape or other suitably colored textile fabric to hang behind the grille-Work for exposure through the openings therein. With this in view I have provided brackets 30 and 31, carried by the frames, and to one of these brackets, 30 for instance, I pivot-ally secure a plurality'of bars 32 and 33 having their free ends mounted in said bracket 31. Obviously,

draperies or the like maybe connected to said bars for the purpose aforesaid.

In assembling the arrangement, the panels are of course first inserted in the frames and then the frames are-placed in the openings 17, as aforesaid. When it is desired to change a panel or panels the operations are reversed and alterations made rapidly.

Vhile the present is a disclosure of the preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto, as various changes in the minor details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by U. S. Letters Patent:

1. In a device of the charz'tcter described, a pair of frames adapted to slidably seat Within an opening, each f 'ame being oppositelydisposed, a panel carried by each of said frames, means for removably securing said panel to each of said frames, a keeper carried. by said partition and positioned within said opening and hooked members presenting a cam surface and carried by said frames and adapted to slidably engage said keeper to secure the frames Within said opening.

2. In a device of the character described, a pair of frames adapted to seat Within an opening in a partition, a panel ren'iovably carried by each of said frames, means for removably securing said panels to said frames and hooked members adapted to slidably secure said frames in said opening.

3. In a device of the character described, a pair of frames adapted to slidably seat within an opening in a partition, apanel carried by each of said frames, means for removably securing said panels to said frames, a keeper carried by said partition and positioned within said opening and a hooked member presenting acam surface and adapted to slidably engage said keeper to secure said f 'ames within said opening.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ABRAHAM ASHKENAS. 

